Al Nassr vs Persepolis Highlights, AFC Champions League 2023-24: NAS 0-0 PER, Ronaldo’s 10 man team moves to round of 16 with a draw

Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr enters knockout stages of AFC Champions League 2023-24

Referee blows the final whistle at Al Awwl Park. 

Its all square. 

Al Nassr 0 - 0 Percepolis

With this win Ronaldo and Co moves to the final 16 of AFC Champions League. 

Al Nassr gets a corner in the final 90 seconds of the match. Brozovic’s corner is cleared but Al Nassr gets another corner. 

Percepolis floods the Al Nassr box from a long throw and causes havoc. However, the home side’s resolute defence keeps the score intact. 

Otavio intercepts just outside his own penalty box and launches a counter-attack but nothing happens. 

Six minutes added on after the end of regulation time. 

Otavio goes down holding his face but its just a touch to his face, nothing serious. Al Nassr gets a free kick. 

Percepolis commits another foul to deny Al Nassr a chance to counter. The referee is getting booed by the passionate home fans for not taking any action beyond giving a foul. 

With frequent fouls the game has lost all its momentum. Both teams are committing tactical fouls to break up the play. 

Luis Castro makes another change: Right-back Ali Alhassan comes on to replace Ghanam. 

Persepolis skipper Alishah is down holding his hamstring. He’s receiving treatment but looks very uncomfortable. He is unable to continue. 

The atmosphere inside the stadium has died down significantly since Ronaldo’s departure. 

Al Nassr has done a terrific job of restricting Percepolis with just 10 men. It has to weather the storm for the last 10 minutes plus added time and try to create something in the other end. 

Al Nassr boss Luis Castro takes of Ronaldo, who looked a bit uncomfortable since his collision with Percepolis goalkeeper Beiranvand. Mohammed Maran comes on for the Al Nassr skipper. 

Al Nassr is trying to disrupt Percepolis’ rhythm and slow down the tempo of the match. 

Percepolis gets a corner. Ronaldo clears it. Throw in for the away side. 

Percepolis makes changes: Sadeghi comes on for Salak and Zahedi comes off for Bahoui.

Otavio is trying to make things happen for the home side but the Portuguese is getting fouled whenever he’s keeping the ball. 

The match is opening up as both teams are looking to break the deadlock. 

Laporte almost messes it up inside his own penalty box but the Percepolis forwards failed to take it. The French-Spanish defender was charged by Zahedi and lost control of the ball but was able to clear it just in time to save his blushes. 

Percepolis takes another shot at Al Nassr’s goal but it is pushed away by the goalkeeper. 

Play is halted with a injury to Al Nassr player. Brozovic gets a yellow for his decent. 

Ronaldo is whiskers away from putting the 10-men Al-Nassr to the lead. His shot from inside the box goes just wide of the post. 

The away team is taking full advantage of its numerical superiority and spreading the the ball to the wide players in an attempt to stretch Al Nassr’s defence. 

Omid Alishah’s left footed curler from outside the box is punched away by Al Nassr goalkeeper Nawaf Alaqidi. 

Percepolis takes the lead but it gets ruled out by the off side flag. 

Percepolis creates a brilliant team move from the right side involving four players but unable to find the final pass as it gets intercepted by Otavio and he launches a counter-attack which also gets cut down. 

Percepolis launched its first attack of the second half but is denied by the home side’s resolute defence. 

Al Nassr has started the second half with purpose and is looking sharp. 

Ronaldo is okay to continue. Match resumes. 

Ronaldo is down injured. Its a awkward fall for the striker. He’s getting treatment. He rose high to get at the end of a cross from Sadio Mane from the right flank. He collided with the goalkeeper mid air and fell down. 

Second half underway.

Both teams resume action at Al Awwl Park. 

Its all square at the break. 

Al-Nassr 0 - 0 Persepolis 

It was an entertaining first session at Al Awwl Park. The home side went down to 10-men after Ali Lajami was shown a straight red. Earlier, Ronaldo waved off an awarded penalty, which was then overturned in VAR check. The Portuguese showed superb sportsmanship after going down inside the box and earning a penalty on 2nd minute. 

The away side grew into the game and was threatening to go ahead with speedy counter-attacks. During one such attack, Ali Lajami fouled Sarlak in an attempt to stop the attack and was given the marching orders. 

Percepolis’ Soroush Rafiei gets a yeallow card for his challenge on Brozovic. 

More time is getting added to the added time after Otavio was down holding his face. The Portuguese was caught by a straying elbow. It is just a foul. 

Ronaldo fancies his right-foot from over 40 yards away from the goal, he skies it. 

Four minutes added on. 

Mane and Ronaldo are combining well and threatening to give the home side an unlikely lead just before half time. 

The match is heating up. Tempers are flying. Percepolis’ Zahedi and Alishah gets yellow in the span of one minute. 

Play is halted as there is a coming together of two players, they are getting treated at the moment. 

Mane tries to find Ronaldo with a through ball but Percepolis defenders reads it. 

Ronaldo is dropping deep to help his team stitch attacks and then bombing forward to get at the end of it. 

Ghareeb tries to feed Ronaldo with a cross from the left flank but he overcooks it. Percepolis goalkeeper Beiranvand catches it without any fuss. 

Percepolis is trying to use its numerical advantage and add numbers to the midfield while Al Nassr looking to keep things compact. 

The home side is starting to attack more with purpose while keeping a good defensive shape. Ronaldo and Mane are the furthest forward for Al Nassr. 

Al Nassr has settled in after the early setback and now looking to assert itself to the game. The vocal home crowd is driving the team. 

Al Nassr gets a corner. However, Ronaldo misses the header from Otavio’s brilliant delivery. 

Its attack vs defence now, Percepolis is relentlessly attacking Al Nassr’s goal, while the home side is desperately looking to keep the match alive. 

Percepolis comes close to taking the lead. The away team is now looking dangerous with a numerical advantage. 

Substitution for Al Nassr. Midfielder Sami Al-Najei gives way for centre-back Mohammed Al-Fatil. 

Luis Castro is looking at the substitution bench, he has to bring in a centre-back after Lajami’s red card. On the other hand, the away team is looking to break the deadlock. 

Its a straight Red. Al Nassr defender Ali Lajami gets the marching orders for a high stud up challenge on Percepolis’ Sarlak during the buil-up of the away team’s counter-attack. 

The away side almost went ahead with a brilliant counter-attack but it is denied by a diving Alaqidi, who put his body on the line to stop the attck. 

Ronaldo’s header from the corner straight to the Persepolis goalkeeper. 

Al Nassr gets the first corner of the match. 

The away team has grown into the match and now raiding Al Nassr’s box. 

Persepolis almost shocked the home side with a brilliant counter-attack. Zahedi was charging through the middle of Al Nassar’s defence, a last ditch tackle from Laporte stopped his adventure and goalkeeper Alaqidi gathers the ball. 

Al Nassr is knocking on the Persepolis’ goal. The Knights of Njad have pinned the visitors in their own half. 

Both teams are trying to assert themselves into the match. Al-Nassr is keeping the ball but Persepolis is working hard out of procession. 

VAR check going on. The decision has been overturned, it is not a penalty. 

The referee appears to given the penalty. Ronaldo saying it is not a penalty. The Portuguese striker made hand gestures to the match official and indicated that it is not a penalty, he went down in anticipation of a challenge. 

The home side has started fast and knocking on the door. Al-Nassr appeals for a penalty.

The match is underway at Al Awwal Park. Al-Nassr looking to keep its 100 per cent record in AFC Champions League 2023-24 intact against Percepolis. 

We are minutes away from the kick off at Al Awwl Park. Stay tuned for live updates. 

Played - 5 

Al Nassr - 3 | Draw - 0 | Persepolis - 2

The AFC Champions League 2023-24 clash between Al-Nassr vs Persepolis will also be live-streamed on the FanCode App for subscribers in India.

The AFC Champions League 2023-24 match between Al-Nassr vs Persepolis will be live telecasted on the Sports18 TV Channel in India.

The Al-Nassr vs Persepolis AFC Champions League 2023-24 match will kick off at 11:30 PM IST on Monday, November 27, 2023.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr will host Iranian champion Persepolis in Group E of the AFC Champions League at the Al-Awwal Park Stadium. 

The host has enjoyed a 100 per cent record in the competitions and, thus, has already booked its place in the knockout round. In its previous outing in the AFC Champions League, Talisca’s hat-trick helped them to a 3-2 away win in a thrilling encounter against Al Duhail.

On the other hand, Persepolis is currently in second place in the Group E table, registering two wins in four games. It has lost to Al Nassr in its campaign opener in September. The Iranian side will play for the first time since the international break.